Digipass Plug-In for SBR Administrator Reference - Vasco

Digipass Plug-In for SBR Administrator Reference ODBC Database
Foreign Keys:
(vdsDomain) references vdsDomain
(vdsDomain, vdsParentOrgUnit) references vdsOrgUnit
3.4 Encoding and Case-Sensitivity
When you create the database, depending on the database type, you may have the chance to
select a collation sequence. The collation sequence determines both the sort order and the
case-sensitivity of the database. If you do not have the chance to select the collation
sequence, it is advisable to find out how it is already defined.
The encoding used by the database is important when considering support for non-English
languages. You must ensure that the database will be able to store the data in whatever
languages may be used in your system.
Case-sensitivity is of particular importance when looking up a Digipass User Account. It
determines whether the user must get the correct case for their UserId when logging in. For
example, if your database collation sequence is case-sensitive, user “JSmith” would have to log
in as exactly “JSmith”, not “jsmith”. If you want a case-insensitive User ID and domain lookup,
and your database does not behave this way by default, you have two choices:
Choose a case-insensitive collation sequence for the database.
Use a configuration option in Digipass Plug-In for SBR to convert User ID and domain
names to all upper or all lower case. See 11.1.7.3 User ID and Domain Conversion
for more information.
Caution
Configuration settings for case-sensitivity must be set up in the Configuration
GUI before data is entered into the database.
The Master Domain (named 'master') is an exception, as it is created in the
database when the dpdbadmin addschema command is run. If you will be
configuring the SBR Plug-In to convert User IDs and domains to upper case,
change the name of the Master Domain before changing the case settings. See
3.5.1.1 Master Domain for more information.
The embedded database created by the installation program uses UTF-8 encoding. In addition,
as this results in case-sensitive collation, the option to convert User IDs and domain names to
lower case is set by default.
3.5 Domains and Organizational Units
The concepts of Domain and Organizational Unit are present in Digipass Plug-In for SBR for
the purpose of grouping users. They closely match the concepts of the same names in Active
Directory/LDAP, but they are not identical.
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